COMMON NAME:
INDIAN COCKROACH.
Symptoms
It appears to be most serviceable in corpulent individuals (Amm-M., Calcarea, Graphites, Kali bichromicum, Kali carb., Phosphorus) (Bl.).
ASTHMA, ESPECIALLY WHEN ASSOCIATED WITH BRONCHITIS (Bryonia, Calcarea sulph., Kali-M., Lycopodium, Mercurius, Natrum muriaticum, Phosphorus, Sepia, Sulphur, Tabacum) (Br.).
Severe attacks of coughing, with dyspnoea (Ant-T., Arsenicum, Carbo vegetabilis, Kali-Arsenicum, Lachesis, Lycopodium, Nat-S.) (Bl.).
Phthisis, with much pus-like mucus (Arsenicum, Calcarea, Hep., Kali carb., Kreosotum, Phosphorus, Sepia, Silicea, Sulphur) (Br.).
AGGRAVATION:
During night; and from lying down.
AMELIORATION:
From expectoration.
RELATIONSHIP:
It has cured bad cases of general dropsy, after Apis, Apocynum, and Digitalis failed.
In asthma it is indicated after Arsenicum, when this is insufficient.